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(No ModeL) I B. MoNALL.

GATE; No. 599,008.] I Patented Feb. 15, 1898.

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I v BROUGHTON MCNALL, OF CHILI, NEW YORK.

GATE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,008, dated February 15, 18 98.

Application filed Gumbel-12,1897. Serial No. 654,987. (No model.)

T alZ whom, it may c oncern:

Be it known that I, BROUGHTON MONALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chili, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will same parts throughout the several views, and p are secured at their lower ends to the oppoenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gates; and it relates more particularly to' that class of gates in which a wooden frame is provided in connection with longitudinal wires.

The invention has for its object to provide a gate of this character with means for adj usting the tension of the Wires and for maintaining at all times the rigidity of the frame.

To these ends and to such others as are attainable thereby the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the frame in connection with means employed for adjusting the several longitudinal wires simultaneously, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in' the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, like letters indicating the in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, in side elevation, partly in section, of a corner of the gate, showing the wire-adjusting mechanism.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Arepresents the frame of a gate, which consists of the upper and lower rails B and'O, respectively, there being two sets of each, as shown.

D and E represent the end uprights of the gate, to the opposite faces of which the upper and lower horizontal rails B and O are-bolted or otherwise rigidly secured.

F is the central upright of the gate, the ends are passed loosely through openings provided in the central upright .F and also through openings formed in the end upright D, suitable metallic eyelets I being provided in the said upright to prevent the wire from cutting or wearing the same. 1

J Jare wooden blocks which are fitted between the upper and lower rails B and Cat suitable distances from the end upright-E.

. These blocks J and J 'are each provided with longitudinal openings K, through which bolts L are passed, which bolts serve to retain the blocks in place between the fence-slats and at the same time permit of their being moved longitudinally for adistance limited by the length of the slot in the block, as will be readily understood.

M is a bolt which is passed through the upper end of the movable strip G, the end of said bolt being secured to the block J, and N is a spiral spring which is sleeved upon that portion of the bolt M which intervenes between the block J and the movable strip G. It will of course be understood that the block lar to the block J. p

O 0 are two rails or wooden strips which site outer faces of the upright E. These strips are extended diagonally upward from their lower ends, passing upon each side of the centralupright F, to which they are bolted, as shown, and the upper ends of said strips or slats are passed between the upper rails B of the gate and are secured in place by means of a bolt.

Q is a block which is placed between'the slats O at a point intermediate of the lower ends of the slats and there bolted.

From the foregoing description it will be at 'once evident that the tension of the wires H may be at once and simultaneously regulated or adjusted. The blocks J and J are pressed J and its connections are in all respects simiagainst the spring N until the required degree of tension is obtained, and then the block is secured rigidly in place by tightening the bolt L. The position and arrangement of the brace-slats O O are such as to permit of the ready tightening of the frame by the tightening of the bolt R.

When the gate is new, the thickness of the block Q which is employed would be but slightly less than the thickness of the upright F, and when it is found necessary to draw the brace-slats together for a greater distance than that permitted by the thickness of the original block Q it is simply necessary to substitute a thinner block or strip for the original one and to again tighten the bolt. This tightening of the bolt, serving, as it does, to draw together the parallel slats O 0, will, as is at once evident, serve to increase the rigidity of the gate-frame.

Having thus described my invention, what the bolt M passed through an aperture in the,

upright and having its inner end secured to the block, and a spring N sleeved upon the bolt between the upright and block, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BROUGHTON MONALL.

\Vitnesses:

MYRoN T. BLY, A. E. SHANNON. 

